A new study published today in Nature Sustainability has found that using hydropower dams to generate low emission energy can cause problems for other economic sectors such as food production unless smart designs are employed.
Environment
Jan 27, 2023
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The evolutionary secrets that enable the medicinal herb known as barbed skullcap to produce cancer fighting compounds have been unlocked by a collaboration of UK and Chinese researchers.
Plants & Animals
Jan 19, 2023
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Researchers at the University of Geneva have established a searchable library of spectra and molecules found in a collection of 1,600 plant extracts. This collection was accessed through a collaboration with Pierre Fabre ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jan 18, 2023
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Quantum computers can more rapidly process large amounts of data, because they carry out many computation steps in parallel. The information carrier of the quantum computer is a qubit. Qubits do not only possess the information ...
Quantum Physics
Jan 12, 2023
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Researchers at ETH Zurich and the Carnegie Institution for Science have shown how nitrogen fertilizer could be produced more sustainably. This is necessary not only to protect the climate, but also to reduce dependence on ...
Environment
Dec 19, 2022
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Among the most common structures relevant to the function of biologically active molecules, natural products and drugs are so-called vicinal diamines—in particular, unsymmetrically constructed diamines. Vicinal diamines ...
Biochemistry
Dec 8, 2022
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Scientists invented a pioneering technique to construct molecules discovered in rare sediments from the Bahamas with the potential to help treat disease and infection
Biochemistry
Dec 5, 2022
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As the world heads towards negotiations on the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, nature is still under-financed, the second edition of the State of Finance for Nature reveals.
Environment
Dec 2, 2022
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Many successful drugs have their origins in natural sources such as plants, fungi, and bacteria, but screening natural products to identify potential drugs remains a difficult undertaking.
Biochemistry
Dec 1, 2022
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Cosmetics often use unsustainable ingredients, but new research is answering the growing demand for eco-friendly products.
Biotechnology
Nov 30, 2022
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